{"id":40679,"date":"2019-11-07T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=40679"},"modified":"2020-12-16T21:36:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T07:36:28","slug":"fast-food-news-mcdonalds-surprise-happy-meals-with-throwback-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/11\/07\/fast-food-news-mcdonalds-surprise-happy-meals-with-throwback-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"FAST FOOD NEWS: McDonald&#8217;s Surprise Happy Meals with Throwback Toys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/News-Surprise-Happy-Meal.jpg?resize=599%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"News Surprise Happy Meal\" title=\"News Surprise Happy Meal.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"599\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>McDonald&#8217;s is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first-ever Happy Meal by launching the Surprise Happy Meal. <\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the surprise? <\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re filled with shredded lettuce and onions collected from the bottom of Big Mac clamshell boxes!<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I&#8217;m kidding. These Surprise Happy Meals will each have one of the most popular Happy Meal toys from the last four decades. They will be available at participating McDonald&#8217;s restaurants beginning today, November 7 through Monday, November 11, while supplies last.<\/p>\n<p>The 17 toys coming to the Surprise Happy Meal in the U.S. includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Cowboy McNugget<\/b> (McDonald&#8217;s): 1988 <\/li>\n<li><b>Fireman McNugget<\/b> (McDonald&#8217;s): 1988 <\/li>\n<li><b>Mail Carrier McNugget<\/b> (McDonald&#8217;s): 1988 <\/li>\n<li><b>Hamburger Changeable<\/b> (McDonald&#8217;s): 1989 <\/li>\n<li><b>Grimace <\/b>(McDonald&#8217;s): 1990 <\/li>\n<li><b>Dino Happy Meal Box Changeable<\/b> (McDonald&#8217;s): 1991 <\/li>\n<li><b>McDonald&#8217;s Hot Wheels Thunderbird<\/b> (Mattel): 1993 <\/li>\n<li><b>Hamburglar <\/b>(McDonald&#8217;s): 1995 <\/li>\n<li><b>Power Rangers<\/b> (Hasbro): 1995 <\/li>\n<li><b>Space Jam Bugs Bunny<\/b> (Warner Brothers): 1996 <\/li>\n<li><b>Patti the Platypus<\/b> (Ty Beanie Baby): 1997 <\/li>\n<li><b>101 Dalmatians \u2013 <i>U.S. Exclusive<\/i><\/b> (Disney): 1997 <\/li>\n<li><b>Tamagotchi<\/b> (Bandai): 1998 <\/li>\n<li><b>My Little Pony<\/b> (Hasbro): 1998 <\/li>\n<li><b>Furby<\/b> (Hasbro): 1999 <\/li>\n<li><b>Sorcerer&#8217;s Apprentice Mickey \u2013 <i>U.S. Exclusive<\/i><\/b> (Disney): 2002 <\/li>\n<li><b>Hello Kitty<\/b> (Sanrio): 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>(Image via McDonald&#8217;s.)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McDonald&#8217;s is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first-ever Happy Meal by launching the Surprise Happy Meal. What&#8217;s the surprise? They&#8217;re filled with shredded lettuce and onions collected from the bottom of Big Mac clamshell boxes! Of course, I&#8217;m kidding. These Surprise Happy Meals will each have one of the most popular Happy Meal toys [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1429],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-food-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46713,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2021\/05\/28\/mcdonalds-bts-meal-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":40679,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: McDonald&#8217;s BTS Meal","author":"Marvo","date":"May 28, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I might not be the best person to review McDonald's BTS Meal because I don't think I've ever heard a BTS song prior to this review. 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